Evaluating the accessibility of old cities: Case of Central Kolkata, India

Old Indian cities are often less accessible due to temporal restrictions and ever-rising pedestrian volume. In this research, the accessibility of footpath-level walkability condition old core has been assessed through Architectural Planning Research, considering 32 footpath stretches in Central Kolkata, India, as a case. The research considered 3 data sets, (a) 257 experts' opinions about universal mobility, (b) 18 variables for assessing conditions, (c) peak hour IBM® SPSS® Statistics 26.0 version used validate findings research. It was found that mixed-use buildings demarcate edge footpaths cities. 50.6% experts have prioritized “dimension footpath” while mobility pedestrians India. average percentage entire surveyed stretch is negative which highlights poor stretch. Pearson's correlation between width infrastructure score 0.535 signifies plays significant role determining level infrastructure. Thus, can be preparing development plans study area other areas similar genre. prove relationship